Periodical Check in on Voyager
Training Document
Tasks youll be doing:
- Setting up components and patterns in Voyager
- Checking
in issues on Voyager using patterns
Getting started:
Youll need to have at least 3 windows open for this: a) OPAC (Netscape
view for current issues information and to check your work to make
sure purchase orders are attached to the correct holdings location); b)
Acquisitions; c) Cataloging (you may also need to have Geac A or Notis
open to check frequencies/summary of receipts, problem solving or missing
issues).
Also, remember that everything we do unless specifically suppressed
is displayed in the OPAC immediately after it is done check
in must be consistent and correct!
Attaching a Component/Pattern (Task A):
- First you need to check to see if the title in hand already has a
component/pattern:
Click on the Serials Check in icon (Kardex card icon); type in the
title and click on the "Check in" button. If your title is
not in the browse list or does not come up, it probably does not have
a component/pattern. You can also check for a component/pattern from
the purchase order: find the title; from the Line Item Menu on the top
Task Bar, select Display and Component. If there is already a component/pattern
attached, a plus sign "+" will appear to the far left of the
line item in the purchase order.
- In the OPAC, do a journal title search and bring up the corresponding
record; check the "LIBRARY HAS NEW" field to see what unbound
issues we have and to make sure that there are no gaps between the last
unbound issue received and the issue in hand: also check to make sure
that the LIBRARY HAS field (i.e. bound volumes) and the LIBRARY HAS
NEW field (unbound issues) dont overlap (may need to remove 866
notes from Cataloging to clean up the display). Hint: this is a good
place to make a mental or actual note of the frequency and publication
pattern so you can set up the component/pattern.
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